#RWBY team in prison

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The RWBY team and Jaune were in Nevermore made by the Glyphs of Weiss.

Thanks to the Semblante Jaune, Weiss's Nevermore was twice as big to support the weight of the five.

They were approaching the walls of the city of Vacuo.

Ruby was more excited than ever to see Atlas's ships.

But when she got closer, she saw far fewer ships than she had in Atlas' kingdom.

Weiss: It looks like we have a reception waiting for us

Jaune: I'm not so sure

Nevermore dived.

In front of the city gates stood Qrow, Winter, Robyn, Oscar where most of his hair was white, Theodore was also present.

Nevermore landed on the ground, Ruby ran off in the direction of her dear uncle.

Ruby: UNCLE QROW!

Like a bullet, she ran out to hug her uncle. Qrow opened his arms to welcome his niece, tears falling from his eyes with happiness.

Yang ran to his dear uncle, Weiss ran to hug his dear sister.

Blake thought something was wrong, she looked back and saw Jaune with his hands in his pockets looking back.

Her cat ears heard a noise.

They were surrounding, Vacuo soldiers had their guns pointed at Team RWBY and Jaune.

Blake: Why are they pointing guns at us?

Blake and Yang and Weiss and Ruby drew their weapons.

Weiss: Winter tells them to put down their guns!

Winter: I'm not in command, Weiss

Weiss was surprised.

???: So those responsible for the destruction of Atlas are here in my kingdom

Weiss: YOU!!!

Weiss pointed Myrtenaster at the woman who had just arrived.

Winter: Weiss put down his weapon

Weiss: You've forgotten who she is, sister! Killer number Atlas is in front of us

???: Young lady, you don't have any authority, I'm the authority

Ruby: Who is she?

Weiss: Eula Lawrence, she's the biggest murderer and traitor in Atlas!

Eula: And current ruler of Vacuo

Weiss: WHAT!!!!

Eula: Arrest them and throw them in jail, we'll hold the tribunal to convict those responsible for the fall of Atlas in a week's time

Ruby: We save Atlas...

Eula: Being "saved" means destroying an inner kingdom and losing a small percentage of its population. So, you saved a lot of people! So much so that we have several Atlas scientists and engineers missing or lost

Jaune: They're all dead Eula

Everyone looked at Jaune, who had his head down.

Eula: Are you sure

Jaune pulled his scroll out of his trouser pocket and threw it to Eula.

Jaune: Here's a list of the names of almost all the missing people, some of whom I couldn't find.

Ruby: Jaune what are you talking about

Jaune: The water in that place was acidic Ruby

Everyone kept quiet.

Ruby: what?

Jaune: The sea water there was acidic. For anyone without an awakened aura or with little aura is asking to die. You certainly don't explore that place much, do you?

Blake: No

Jaune: So you were unaware of the many dangers that this place holds. I don't think you've all been underground in that place

Jaune took his left hand out of his pocket and stared at it with a sad expression, then he closed his hand tightly.

Jaune: I tried to save people from Atlas but I didn't succeed either time Eula, I'm sorry

Eula: No need Jaune, I know very well what happened in Atlas was your idea

Weiss: Did you two know each other?

Jaune: Of course, after all, she's my girlfriend

Everyone's mouth dropped. Everyone was shocked.

Weiss's soul left his body.

Yang: WHEN! HOW! You caught a big fish

Jaune: On that mission, it was just me and a few other soldiers who ended up dying in the storm.

Eula: For the first time, someone in Atlas gave me a real duel. He's worthy of being my man

Jaune: Ruby surrenders

Ruby: BUT!

Jaune: There's nothing you can do to stop it, Atlas was destroyed as a result of your plan, the idea of evacuating Atlas using the staff was also your idea. You indirectly have blood on your hands

Ruby was frustrated.

Jaune: Eula is very honorable, she will let you have a fair trial so you don't have to worry

Ruby accepted, even though she didn't want to. The RWBY team was arrested, Qrow and the others followed the guards.

X

Jaune and Eula were in her office.

Eula: So Jaune, I don't know what you've been through but I know you're much older, so do you have anything important to share?

Jaune: Yeah, I have many important things

His eyes were shining.

Jaune: Very important

I like this meme. I really like it.

But RWBY was in such a difficult situation after V9 that I wanted to finish Jaune without anyone. That he didn't stay with Ruby or Weiss.

[dragon-razor-writings]

RWBY: Did we go too far?

VSOD (Vale Special Operation Department) Interrogator: No, no, no. You went too far about 7 hours ago when you lot went full vigilante justice and caused tens of millions in property damage. Now you’re going to federal prison.

[howlingday]

Joke I had. Don't know if it has been told yet. So setting is Beacon (No Fall of Beacon) Team Rwby and Jnpr (Second years) has a family over. (Jacques is in prison and Willow divorced him) So Yang while showing her girlfriend Blake to her dad and trips with yells Motherf#cker. Ghira,Tai, and Jaune all sneeze afterwards.

"So then I said, 'Now that's a katana~!'"

The group laughed at her joke, no more so, though, than her own father. Taiyang wiped a tear from his eye as he beamed with pride at his daughter. Whether the beam was more proud than ones given by other parents to their kids was hard to say. In the year following the Battle for Beacon, things had noticeably quieted down.

Yang and her dad hung around with Ruby on the other side with Qrow, the uncle-niece duo already having more than enough jokes to last them both a lifetime. Hanging onto Yang's arm was Blake, whose feeling for the blonde brawler became more evident after she'd risked her life for the woman who risked her life. Costed her an arm, sure, but it was well worth the days of recovery for her.

Adam was in jail with most of the White Fang, Cinder Fall escaped with the others, and the Grimm were routed and exterminated by the joint effort of huntsmen and huntresses from all kingdoms. Heck, love had even blossomed outside of her life, too. Pyrrha and Jaune had a heartfelt reunion in which the couple made out for what was probably a good five minutes before parting. Say what you will about Vomit Boy, he's got some lungs on him.

But Pyrrha wasn't the only one with eyes on him. No, he'd been getting looks all night from just about everyone in the room. She'd walked past Pyrrha who had to be sure Jaune would be okay alone, which she thought was ridiculous until she turned around and saw Weiss, Ruby, and Velvet jostling each other to get closer to him.

But the craziest thing was she thought she saw was when Weiss' mom was probably eye-banging him. Recently divorced after a wild lawsuit battle that lasted almost a year, the beautiful Willow Schnee was notably more vibrant than ever before. Weiss commented that it was because something good finally happened to her mother that wasn't just leaving her awful father. But nobody could figure out what it was. Maybe-

"Shit!" Yang tripped, falling and cracking her eye on the corner of the table. Blake came over to comfort her girlfriend, who was holding her hand over her eye. "Argh! Motherfucker!"

"ACHOO!" Bellowed a heavy gust of wind, like a hurricane from a beast.

"Here you go, Ghira." Cooed Blake's mom.

"Heh-choo!" Came a familiar voice, with a sneeze that made her laugh as a child.

"Ack-choo!" Said another familiar, this one from a groggy drunk half-deep in his third flask.

"Here you go, Dad!" Ruby said before zipping again. "Here, Uncle Qrow!"

"Kichoo!" Fluttered a smaller voice, this one sneezing like a kitten.

"Oh, Jaune." Pyrrha handed him a handkerchief. "Are you getting sick?"

"Nah, I'm fine, Pyrrha."

"Yeah, you are." Purred a voice that made Yang lift her head up. Looking through the crowd, she saw Jaune holding Pyrrha close, while Weiss' mom rubbed his shoulder from behind. Pyrrha squeezed Jaune closer, making the older woman giggle. "Fine, fine. I'll see you two later tonight~!"

Yang shook her head.

"Are you okay, Yang?" Blake asked.

"I... I think I need to lie down."

[walpywalpy]

//WEISS SCHNEE APPRECIATION POST//

I know. It’s not that obvious by my profile picture and my endless need to praise my queen to tell you that Weiss Schnee is my favorite RWBY character and my favorite character in general. But why? You may not have asked that but that’s not my problem because I’m gonna praise my queen to no end here. So kick back, grab your bowl of Pumpkin Petes, and listen to why Weiss Schnee is my favorite character of all time.

1. Growth

I’m going to be honest and say she wasn’t my favorite at first. She was a bratty, entitled bitch. At the time, Blake and Ruby were my favorite. And it would stay like that until halfway of Volume 3. Specifically, the scene of her and Winter. Winter was cold, direct, and militant. Meanwhile, Weiss was goofing around with Ruby by calling her a friend and rooting against her when her uncle Qrow fought Winter. I noticed that Weiss was someone who barely had a chance to grow up normally because she had high expectations thrusted upon her. Beacon was her first time breaking that. She got to get into food fights, go sight seeing with her friends, joke around with her team in battles, etc. She was no longer that entitled bitch we saw in the emerald forest. Instead, we see a girl having her chance to be free from expectations and trying to be the best teammate and friend she could possible be.

After Beacon fell, she was back to those expectations, and we saw a girl trying to survive a cruel man who didn’t care about anything but his own financial gain. However, that’s not all we got to see. We saw a girl who was formerly afraid of confronting her father and telling him what she has always held against him. After losing her title of heiress, she knew the only thing she had left to lose was her family at Beacon, so she left the home many would beg for because it wasn’t home for her. It was a prison, and she was done paying for the time that her corrupt father put on her.

That’s where she became my favorite. I personally have had problems with my parents and what they want from me. I won’t get into the details, but Weiss made me realize that I’m not alone. That I had people who would connect on that experience. She also made me realize that I did have power and control over my future. I didn’t have to follow what my parents want from me because this life is mine.

2. Music

When it comes to RWBY’s stellar soundtrack, there are very few tracks that hit me as hard as the songs written for Weiss. It’s also helped because it is likely that Weiss has sung them in canon. I won’t go into too much in detail because this post will already be as long as Yang’s hair. Just know that the opera style mixed with a somber piano that eventually turned into opera transitioning into hard rock fits Weiss so well, and I love it!

3. Relationships with Her Teammates

In Volume 1, Weiss was presented with a dilemma. She viewed herself as the perfect candidate for a leader, but Ozpin thought otherwise. She thought it was outrageous for Ozpin to think Ruby was a better choice, but Port knew her thinking was preposterous. Weiss wasn’t fit for a leader, and her teachers told her she isn’t. Instead of keeping up the fight to become a leader, she made a choice: be the absolute teammate she could be. Before I get to what that means off the battlefield, which is the kind of support many connect her being the best teammate she could be with, let me talk about her on the battlefield because I feel like that had to be brought up before I get to that. Weiss is the support of the group. Yes, she can fight amazingly on her own, but when the team is fighting as a unit, Weiss is the support. Her dust and semblance, which I believe to potentially be the best in the show, allow her teammates to bring their semblances to another level. Whether by creating space between them and opponents to catch a breath, allowing for diverse movement through her summons and glyphs, or making their position advantageous, Weiss as a support could change the tide of a fight drastically. Before she made the commitment to being the best teammate, her fighting style was very aggressive, which ended up giving her that defining scar. After said commitment, she focused on supporting her teammates on the battlefield.

Later in the show, however, Weiss would become the empathetic one of the group. If you had a problem, Weiss will probably give you a therapy session. The best example is the conversation between her and Yang. Weiss walks into the room and sits on the bed opposite Yang, silent. She lets Yang talk herself out. Even when Yang said she wouldn’t understand, Weiss listened. It’s only when Yang asked Weiss to finally speak is where she says what she wanted to say. She told her the story of her tenth birthday and the rift that was created on her birthday. She expresses her version of loneliness and how Yang’s is different. She may not fully understand Yang’s version of loneliness, but she understands that it’s there and that Blake has her own. Yang snapped back and Weiss was silent again. She then poses a question to Yang and she answers it. She explains to Yang that Blake watched the one thing she expected to happen happen. Yang expresses that she never blamed Blake and that she wanted Blake here for her. Weiss understands and also wants Blake there. Yang doesn’t believe Blake would return, but Weiss reminds her that the team is a family. Blake feels the same. They’re gonna be there for each other when the occasion arises. Then the occasion arose, and Blake wanted to prove that she was there for Yang. Yang let Blake know that although she doesn’t depend entirely on her, they’re there for each other and happy to be back together.

There’s a reason why Weiss is called the beekeeper. That conversation in Volume 5 is what propelled Bumblebee forward. As a WhiteRose shipper, I hope the same eventually happens for Weiss and her partner. Even if it doesn’t, we know Weiss will be there for Ruby because she promised to be the best teammate.

4. Design

I’m not an artist or a character designer, so I can’t go into the intricacies of her design. But I am someone with a pair of eyes, and I can tell you Weiss is beautifully designed. Out of all the initial designs, Weiss was probably the riskiest to use. Each member of Team RWBY had a defining feature that stood out. Blake’s ribbon from her weapon, Yang’s golden hair, and Ruby’s red cape. Weiss, however, didn’t have much. If I remember correctly from Ein Lee’s notes in the Mirror Mirror anthology, this allowed him to add intricate designs to Weiss. Her sleeves, for example, have an intricate pattern. Her glyphs change depending on what she’s doing with them. Most importantly, however, she is asymmetrical. She ties her hair to the right instead of the dead center as an act of defiance from her father. Her scar, which is even asymmetrical in her eye, keeps her face symmetrical. You’d think that a character so prim and proper would emphasize being symmetrical, but she is proof that beauty isn’t reliant on symmetry. As the Yellow Trailer states, “Scathing eyes ask that we be symmetrical, one sided, and easily processed. Yet every misshapen spark’s unseen beauty is greater than it would be judgement."

5. Me as a Person

I can praise a character until the end of time, but that won’t prove one thing: why is she my favorite? As stated before, I connect with her struggle, but that can’t be it. I mean, I connect with Mirabel’s struggle in Encanto, yet Rapunzel is my favorite Disney protagonist. Weiss’ struggle is only a fraction of why she is so near and dear to my heart. For that, I have to get into who I am. I am an aspiring writer and RWBY is the reason for that. It is the show that changed the directory of my life, and I don’t think that would be possible if the show didn’t have Weiss.

What Weiss means to me is a second chance. Her life is full of second chances. A second chance to be a better teammate. A second chance to be a better sister. A second chance to prove herself and uphold her family name. I mess up in life. A lot. I have been dealt some of the worst hands and I have to deal with it. My family isn’t kind to my aspirations, my sexuality, or my religious beliefs (or lack thereof). What can I say, some believe in fairy stories and the ghost that they can’t see. Weiss is in many ways who I want to be. She’s confident. She’s determined. She’s always in pursuit of improving herself. She isn’t perfect, but she doesn’t have to be. I’m not perfect, but I don’t have to be.

We’re not perfect, but we don’t have to be. Our lives aren’t over by one misstep. We can pick ourselves up and keep moving forward. We will fail over and over again, but it isn’t the end. We just have to get up and give it 110% the next time.

That’s what Weiss Schnee means to me: a second chance to prove myself and be the best version of myself.

Guys, thank you for reading. I hope you took something from this and that you have a wonderful day. Peace.

[oddlyhale]

Amnesiac Roman.

The Grimm that ate Roman was shot out of the sky and landed in the Vale rubble. Roman was discovered but he had no memory of his previous life. Nonetheless, Atlesian police arrested him, aware of who he was.

Ironwood, however, decided that Roman's skills, that would slowly come back to him through muscle memory, would be useful than to be wasted in prison, so he let him free but only if Roman agreed to work for him. Roman agreed.

He travels from Atlas to Mantle. Pietro and Penny already get along, much to Team RWBY's shock once they arrive.

[offdacabsav2]

Neon Sorrow

Vacuo may have been nothing but dust and orange hue, however, that didn’t stop its night clubs from pumping the bass past the witching hour.

Mostly young adults drowning their pain in bourbon, or tearing up the dance floor with their partners.

The cheering and blaring songs could be heard all the way from Shade Academy. Conveniently, the school itself engineered most of the establishment’s regulars.

Not Jaune, though.

While teams RWBY and RENO celebrated, he sat at the bar, studying his drink with an unreadable stare.

Another round of pulsing bass and flickering spotlights made him flinch, involuntarily recoiling and spilling the golden beverage.

His eyes narrowed.

The glass absorbed neon shades flashing and sweeping the club. An image of jaded, dull blue orbs stared back. He scowled at the other person stealing his features.

A group of men, laughing boisterously, chose their spots next to him.

He kept them in his peripheral before tossing down some change on the bar.

Beckoning him, a dark corner lay seductively, away and isolated.

He promptly stood and walked. A curious gaze followed.

Acting as a sort of phantom, he leaned back against the wall, arms crossed, shadows covering his face.

Glimpses of yellow, black, orange, red, brown, pink and green on the dance floor between shifting bodies.

Here, separated and alone, he felt comfortable and softly sighed in relief.

Occasionally, he observed the exit and how inviting the fresh chill of night seemed compared to the suffocating humidity of this hellscape.

It smelled like sweat, alcohol and drugs. An inner prisoner beat against his skull.

Why is he even here? Why should he stay? For his friends? To satisfy their constant worries of his wellbeing?

He wanted to tell them he was fine and receive nothing more, but they never quit.

His scroll rang in his pocket. Begrudgingly, he unearthed it, ignoring a legion of unread texts and unanswered calls.

Weiss: ‘Where are you?’

His gloved hand paused over the keyboard. Once more, he glanced at his friends sway in casual wear. Questionable, in Yang’s case.

Jaune: ‘Still here.’

His inhale of polluted oxygen was deep. It honestly hurt more than it should have.

Weiss: ‘But where?’

An alarm sounded. His heart hastened.

Nevertheless, he couldn’t bring himself to answer.

So he didn’t.

That’s when the ugliest familiarity stepped out of his negative thoughts and into real life.

?: “Is that my old buddy, Jaune?”

Now he definitely wanted to leave.

Flanking his right, another revolting expression.

Cardin: “You look different, man. Why are ya hidin’ in the corner? Not like you to be afraid of a dance.”

The Arc’s blood boiled. His signature restraint and calmness degraded.

Jaune: “Fuck. off.” He hissed.

Cardin grinned, feinting shock and hurt.

Russel: “Still an asshole, apparently.”

Jaune regarded him with an evil glare.

Cardin: “Woah, ok dude, uncalled for. I was just trying to make conversation. It’s been a long time. I can’t catch up with a fellow huntsman?”

Winchester puffed out his chest, displaying a white badge showcasing title and official status.

Jaune: “Not a big fan of you’re type of reunion.”

Cardin: “Oh, c’mon. A hug, maybe pat on the back?” He smirked, spreading his longs arms.

Jaune: “Looking for validation or attention?”

Cardin: “I’m looking for a good time… Arc.” He enunciated sharply.

Jaune: “I’m not, so get the hell out of the way.” He threatened as he barged into Cardin’s shoulder and paced to the door.

Wearing an expression of smugness, Cardin slowly turned.

Cardin: “I was gonna ask for your permission.”

Jaune: “What, you need help wiping your own ass?” He answered, stuck on the exit.

Cardin: “That’s good, that’s good. He’s a funny guy, funny guy. No, more like for a dance partner. You wouldn’t mind if I took Schnee for a ride, right?”

Jaune paused abruptly. Cardin’s enthusiasm billowed.

Cardin: “Hook a fellow up, yeah? I mean, she’s gorgeous. I’d really like to see her tear up the dance floor, if you catch my drift.”

He wished he hadn’t met their arrogant faces, but Winchester stoked a fire he wanted to stamp out.

Cardin: “See if she’s really as cold as people say she is.” He glanced beyond the knight.

Jaune caught his quick check. He looked up where a strip of metal revealed two figures stalking him.

Cardin: “I don’t know, always had a thing for long hair and heels. Kinda reminds me of a certain redhead, now that I think about it.”

It was at this point where Jaune’s fingers twitched, trying to wrap around a non-existent weapon.

Slowly, more bystanders stopped dancing and watched the escalating hostility. A crowd was forming.

Cardin: “Oh, my bad. Still a fresh wound, huh?”

Russel left Cardin’s side and approached. His shit-eating grin and lax sway ignited the fire in Jaune’s chest.

Russel: “Why don’t you let this one slide?”

The instant Russel’s hand rested on his shoulder, Jaune grabbed him, slammed his palm against his elbow, bending it unnaturally, and slugged the idiot across the face so hard, he crashed into the bar.

There was a sudden yell of surprise, gauging the hit in the crowd. Quickly, it turned to chants pouring oil on an inferno.

Jaune ducked the swing he knew was coming and flipped Sky over his back. Dove lunged with blurry speed. His fists flew fast, but Jaune broke his offensive with his forearms.

Dove’s leg launched at his mid-section. Jaune shifted, catching it and swept him off his remaining foot.

He prepared to hammer his fist upon his skull, but he was tackled.

Winchester and Arc rolled. However, the bully was ejected backwards as they tumbled.

Utilizing his momentum, Jaune shot to a defensive stance, intercepting Sky’s fist. He twisted the goon’s arm back, earning a cry of pain, and wrapped his hand around Sky’s face, violently slamming him through a table. Beer and splinters flew everywhere.

Affording no respite, Cardin and Dove attacked relentlessly. Jaune was pressed to the back foot, and retreated as he dodged and ducked.

Dove overextended, allowing the knight to side-step his attack and put a body in between him and Winchester.

He planted his fist into Dove’s ribs and knocked him cold with metal knuckles to the side of the brain.

He folded like a rag doll.

Cardin, with uncanny agility, rushed Jaune and grabbed him by the neck, lifting him high and slamming him against the bar.

The bully’s iron grip worked to crush Jaune’s jugular.

And as his vision faded and neon smeared over grey walls, he rocketed his knee upwards. Cardin howled from testicular trauma.

A swift one-two against Cardin’s temple, then a bone shattering blow to the stomach.

Unfortunately, Cardin’s aura only sparked. Jaune’s eyes widened.

The arrogant brute, ardently advertising shocking nimbleness, bashed Jaune with a backhand.

Stumbling from the raw weight behind the attack, Jaune dazed. Winchester grabbed his shoulders and planted his skull against the Arc’s temple.

Blood flowed free while he struggled to keep himself standing.

Barely, he avoided a fatal punch and the following series.

Jaune steadily backpedaled until the bar was no longer restraining his movements.

Missed opportunities piled on top of one another. Cardin roared in rage as Jaune expertly weaved in and out of his range.

Cardin: “You should’ve fucking died at Beacon!”

Right there and then…

He lost.

Seething anger clouded Cardin’s gaze. With 100% strength backing his swing, Jaune would surely die instantly or suffer a seizure so extreme he was bound to perish minutes later.

But, he dropped below him and spun. Cardin was off his feet and on the ground. Before he could register it, Jaune was there pummeling into him.

Each punch packed larger reserved energy than previous ones.

Eventually, the fight had been won, but Jaune kept going.

Bone crunched, blood coated his hands and face.

Flashing images played. Pyrrha between locker bars, Cinder’s infuriating smirk, Weiss dying on the floor, the feeling of his sword slipping past Penny’s flesh and into her heart, and the crushing, indomitable, unbearable loneliness of that damn fairytale.

Jaune wore rage well. Too well.

He couldn’t hear the bass or synths anymore. Same can’t be said for ear-splitting ringing.

A set of cold hands pulled on his shoulders. He whirled fast enough to induce tremendous whiplash…

…

Only to see horrified icy sapphires.

The world returned to him. No longer did the people cheer and yell. The dead silence led him to believe he’d hear the sound of lapping waves, or a sudden explosion of fire.

Weiss: “Jaune.”

What hurt most, was how she looked at him. Like… like he was some kind of demon.

The girl who picked him up after the Pleasers. The woman who shouldered his burden. The huntress he couldn’t stop thinking about; restless at night.

The only person who made him feel…

Wanted…

He tore from her gaze, examining the damage he had caused.

Cardin’s face was mangled. Nose cracked, forehead cut open, and jaw broken beyond repair. He was barely breathing.

Dove lay flat in a growing pool of blood.

Sky struggled to lift himself from the ground. Red poured from his mouth and nose.

Beyond the bar, two employees carried a screaming Russel. A bone protruded through his arm.

Weiss: “Jaune.” She muttered.

He darted to his feet, backing away. RENO watched in pure disbelief. RWBY mimicked that.

Weiss held out her arms, trying to calm him with a delicate voice.

Instead, he ran.

Blowing open the doors and into the night.

Indeed, the air was refreshing.

Weiss: “Jaune!”

Her calls grew distant.

Sirens drew closer.

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

I do wonder how long it takes for someone in the RWBY world, especially a Hunter, to be declared dead.

Most jurisdictions put it at 5 to 7 years to declare someone dead but you can shorten that if you prove that they were in imminent peril when last seen, i.e. anyone MIA after a major battle, the 9/11 victims, and anyone from the Titanic who wasn't on the Carpathia. In fact, the people most commonly have to be declared un dead (who didn't fake their own death) are prisoners of war recovered after the fact. Team RWBY+J were last seen disappearing in sparkles, which would probably be enough to get them declared dead as soon as the portals closed with only their families holding out hope that they didn't just die in front of them.

But Summer straight up disappears. She claimed she was going on a mission, which is imminent peril, but there's not even a record of that. We see in Mistral that most of the Huntsmen and Huntresses that Tyrian and Hazel took out are still considered "missing" rather than dead, so there's definitely a waiting period even when it's a mission. With Huntsmen and Huntresses often working alone on dangerous missions, they probably get an expedited process, but I'm betting it's at least a year.

[epic-arc]

Silent Knight Short 1: Sometimes we just need a little push for light.

Time RWBY+J+N would return to remmant and after the fight against salem and cinder the world would enter a light peace and neo would be condemned because of her crimes but during her time in prison she was always visited by a certain knight and would keep her company for her until one day jaune gets permission to take neo out of jail for a day and I take her to a friend and the two sit on a bench until she looks at jaune confused and wants to understand why he still spends time with her.

Jaune: The prison director told me that you behaved well and that if you continue, maybe your sentence could be reduced for 4 or 3 years. I think you should be happy to hear it, right?

Neo(Text): Why do you keep visiting me and talking to me? I only caused grace in the lives of you and your friends I caused the death of one of your team members!

Jaune sighed but straightened up on the bench and continued looking at the flowers in front of her swaying in the wind.

Jaune: The reason I still talk to you or visit you is because we both went through the same situations, we were almost in the same scenarios and feelings but we responded to each feeling in a different way.

Neo heard that and would look confused at jaune but he would be paying attention just waiting for the same to speak while a breeze passes in the park.

Jaune: We both lost important people when beacon fell but the difference is when I lost pyrrha my friends were with me and helped me and prevented me from going down the dark path with no return full of hate and sadness but you follow this dark path alone investigating who caused it the death of roman and when cinder appeared she manipulated you saying the culprit was ruby.

Neo would hear that and take Roman's hat and hold it in his hands and some light tears were forming on her face.

Jaune: But after what happened on the island and after the fight against salem and cinder you noticed that you are not alone in this pain of losing someone because everyone has already suffered with the same culprits and I know that nobody believed that you could have redemption but I believed because everyone has a light that guides them towards good, you just need to have the right person by your side and accept the push they want to give you.

Neo was crying and the hat had fallen to the ground but jaune with an expression of happiness would take the hat and put it on neo's head making her look up and she saw jaune who would be extending his hand to her with a calm and smiling expression making her remembers roman and with a smile on her face she would take jaune's hand after a while he would have taken her to prison again but he would take one last look at the patio and see neo and she would signal weapons with her fingers and shoot in the direction de jaune and blow on her fingertips and jaune would see it and giggle and walk away.

(Yes in the end was a better call saul reference)

(Who ask for: @paybackcity1)

[arc-misadventures]

I know I got another ask open for Swapped AU, but hear me out in the meantime?

Jeanne is out answers (and blood) from Beacon faculty. Instead of there being a being a f!Ozpin, have Selma, the umpteenth reincarnation of Salem who's stuck in an ages old shadow war with the immortal Grimm King Ozma.

The rest is still genderbent. For example, Gideon Goodwizard might want to duck and cover when Jeanne rips through the elevator doors of Selma's tower office.

You're free to ignore this, but I had to put this out here for you to see.

I’m gonna stop you on some of these, Since Glynda is stated as Jeanne’s aunt, so yeah. I can use the other bits however.

An Innocent Prisoner

The door to Headmistresses, Selma’s door opens. And, Jeanne Arc enters.

Selma: Oh, Ms. Arc, your back.

Glynda: Jeanne! Jeanne are you okay, where were you?

Jeanne: I’m fine, Glynda. Headmistress, Selma, is it true, is it true that you threw, Jaune into a jail cell?

Selma: Jaune? Oh, that boy who took over your place; Yes we threw him into a jail cell.

Jeanne: W-Why?

Selma: Well, for starters it was to protect him.

Jeanne: Protect him, protect him from what?

Selma: Your fellow classmates.

Jeanne: My classmates?

Glynda: After, Team RWBY attacked him, other members of the student body tried, and did attack him. Locking him up in a cell was the safest option we had for him.

Selma: Not to mention we had several questions we needed to ask him: Who was he, why was he here, and how did he know the things he knew.

Jeanne: What things?

Selma: How did he know your teammates, or at least ‘knew’ them. How did he get here, where did you go. Questions such as those. We didn’t get many answers out of him since he himself didn’t know.

Jeanne: So to protect him, you locked him up.

Selma: Indeed we did.

Jeanne: Did you at least give him some cookies, a glass of water, anything?

Selma: Oobaleck was watching him, did she give him anything?

Glynda: Not to my knowledge.

Jeanne: Great… I get tea, and cookies, and he got thrown in a jail cell… His life is terrible…

Selma: I see, you went to his world, while he came to yours. What was it like there?

Jeanne: Well, Team RWBY was a bunch of girls, so was Pyrros, and, Rin was a boy. They seemed pretty nice. I even met you, Glynda, you, and Nora were still both girls. So only a few people changed genders. But, you Headmistresses, you were a completely different person.

Selma: I was a, Headmaster Ozpin, wasn’t I?

Jeanne: Yeah, you were. That admittedly was the weirdest thing about all of… this.

Selma: Do you have any idea how any of this happened?

Jeanne: No, I don’t know how this all happened, just that it did. Jaune didn’t have any idea how it happened either.

Glynda: You met, Jaune?

Jeanne: Yeah, I did. He was a really nice guy… I wish everyone wasn’t so mean to him. He didn’t deserve any of this.

Glynda: Where did you meet him?

Jeanne: It was in this white room. There was nothing but a couple of white blocks, and we just sat there, exchanged pleasantries, and made me really, really angry.

Glynda: What did he do to upset you?

Jeanne: He didn’t do anything to upset me, you guys did! You attacked him on the spot, interrogated him, and threw him in a jail cell, all because he wasn’t me! Why would you guys do that to him!

Glynda: We didn’t decided to do that, Jeanne. We had no idea, Jaune was here until, Port, informed us she threw an intruder in a jail cell. By the time we got there, Jaune was bruised, and battered.

Jeanne: He was what?! When I saw him he was completely fine!

Selma: He has an impressive amount of, Aura. He lacks training in how to use it, but it did help him overall.

Jeanne: That makes sense… He wasn’t properly trained, so he doesn’t know nearly as much as I do when it comes to being a, Hunter.

Glynda: How did he get in then?

Jeanne: Fake transcripts. Why, because we both have the same dream; Become a Hunter the become the hero who saves the day… I got training, he was ignored. I got in properly, he fake his way in. I am loved by all, he is hated by all. Haa… I wish I never met him though…

Glynda: Why is that?

Jeanne: Because I learned how horrible my friends could be, and how easily they became like that. And, that hurts me in so many way that I…I thought you were all better than this… Now… Now I just don’t know anymore…

Selma: Is there anything we could do for you, Ms. Arc?

Jeanne: Did you do anything for him?

Selma: …

Jeanne: Yeah, I thought so…

[heliosthegriffin]

Inter-tribal relations

“Is anyone else concerned?” Weiss asked with pursed lip to the rest of the table, occupied by the rest of Team RWBY.

Ruby balanced a pencil on her nose, Yang played some game on her scroll, and Blake read through a trashy magazine.

“About what?” Ruby asked innocently, still balancing the pencil.

Yang looked up from her game, searching for fire and/or danger, but finding none went back to her game.

Blake however, responded. “Not really,”

“But, I am, though, I am greatly concerned.” Weiss said looking quite nervous.

The pencil dropped from Ruby’s nose and hit her in the right eye, she yelped and fell backwards into the floor.

Blake flipped a page in her trashy, terrible magazine. “You shouldn’t be, everything’s fine.”

“I really don’t think it is!” Weiss stood up, chair skirting behind her, pointing out of the library window at a small hut in the courtyard. “There’s a actual village out there!”

Blake flips a page. “Yes, and everything is fine, Weiss.”

Weiss scowls, still gesturing to the hut. “Team JNPR has been living out for weeks, they’re devolving!”

“Shouldn’t have lost the key to they’re room.” Yang said, turning with her scroll, as if that made her a better player.

Ruby got up from the floor. “They’re poor weapons! Stuck and alone, all by themselves!”

Weiss walked over to the window, observing the coming and going from the hut.

Ren was smoking fish, and Jaune was doing a rain dance to mixed success.

Pyrrha and Nora were gone though, likely on another hunting trip.

“This isn’t ethical,” Weiss moaned.

“What isn’t ethical, is how short they’re pelts are, hot-damn!” Yang said leering at the two.

“I wouldn’t worry about them Weiss, they haven’t even reach the bronze age!” Ruby cheerfully looked at her. “They’re no threat till they’ve at least reached the iron age, we live safely for another day!”

“I wouldn’t say that Ruby,” Blake stood next to her, inspecting the set up in the courtyard. “I spot a couple snares, a tiger trap, and what looks to be a log connect to a trip wire, and they’re location is situated in a way to optimally fend off invaders. I’d say they’re just about leaving the stone age.”

They’re was a yelp, and cry of fear. “Ren help!”

“How?! You helped me build these things!”

“I slipped while doing my rain dance! Help me, Nora actually put Tigers down here!”

Ruby looked at Blake smugly. “You were saying?”

Blake looked back at her. “That was Jaune, it was bound to happen.” She points back out. “Look, he’s even tamed the tiger now.”

The tiger had some how managed to get out of the pit, Jaune hanging from it’s jaws. It settled down next to the fire, and started grooming him, Jaune’s face contorted in pain from a barbed tongue that could lick paint off a wall, but unwilling to upset the creature.

Ruby hufffed. “Whatever, girl.”

“Hey!” Yang got they’re attention. “The girls are back! Damn, those pelts are just as criminal on them!”

Returning to the tribe from the woods, was Pyrrha and Nora, holding a stone tipped spear and a large club respectively, with Nora taking the lead and gleely skipping over the traps, with Pyrrha carrying something slung over her shoulder.

Weiss’s eyes went wide. “Do they have a war prisoner?!”

Blake nodded. “Yes, it would seem, so. Not uncommon for primitives to take captives to replenish low numbers, mostly to kidnap brides. Or for skilled workers.”

“That’s Velvet? That’s Velvet.” Yang asked, then confirmed, as Pyrrha roughly tossed Velvet before Jaune. Nora tried to pet the Tiger, only for it to hide behind Jaune in fear. “I heard her team got locked out of they’re room too, did they raid Team CFVY’s camp?”

Blake nodded. “It seems so, how interesting, I heard they had subjugated and assimilated team NDGO, so I assumed they were in a more powerful miltary position, especially after they raised Team CRDL’s camp to the ground.”

Weiss watched in horror as Jaune nodded appreciatively, leading Velvet into the hut. “We need to call the teachers!” Making to leave.

Only for Blake to grab her by both shoulders, stopping her in place. “And who are you to play god?! This must play out as nature intended, otherwise they’re culture will never achieve apotheosis!”

“Blake, you’re scaring me!”

“Hey!” Ruby called them back to the window. “Look, he’s showing her how to use the pottery wheel.”

Weiss felt a flush of embarrassment, as like Ruby said, Jaune was indeed just doing that.

They had brought a pottery wheel out of the hut, and Jaune was showing Velvet how to use it. The girl picking up the skill quite fast, seeming to also enjoy doing it, with Jaune helping to correct any flaws he picked out.

Ren, then came over with a fur-pelt with the word JNPR on the back, dropping it in Velvet’s hands, then pointing at the hut.

“They have a tribal identity! Fascinating!” Blake pounded her hand into her palm.

Weiss started to inch away, only for Yang’s iron grip to keep her in place. “Wow, look at that! We’re going to see a raid!” Pointing out a glow in the woods, where a warparty, consisting of Team CFVY at the back, with a collar team’s NDGO and CRDL at the front.

Coco barked out a harsh order, then sent them CRDL first, the team of boys running forth into traps, quickly being taken out by them, but exposing them at the same time.

Another bark, and Team NDGO was sent forth, wiping on the rest of the traps, before Coco, Fox, and Yatsuhashi charged forth.

Pyrrha and Ren chucked spears at them as they charged forth, while Nora threw boulders at them.

Jaune just started rain-dancing harder.

Velvet contently kept making bowls and vases.

The tiger was hiding in the hut.

“Alright, this is definitely against the rules!” Weiss shouted.

“I know, it’s awesome, right?” Yang asked Ruby, who nodded her head aggressively.

“OH! First blood!” Ruby cried out, as Yatsuhashi fell, Nora jumping into the air and striking him in the temple with her club, the giant falling back with a crash that sounded more like a tree falling then a human, as he tumbled back into a pitfall.

Only for a boulder to be sent to greet Nora, sending her flying into the treeline and out of the fight, from Coco.

Pyrrha and Ren teamed up on Fox, the blind-fighter more than holding him own, but eventually overwhelmed before Coco could assist him.

Before they could celebrate a victory, a rock hit Ren in the head, sending the ninja into unconsciousness.

Leaving Pyrrha and Coco to circle each other as the last combatants.

Pyrrha holding her spear in both hands, while Coco was spinning a sling in her hands, tossing a handful of rocks in the other.

An epic battle ensuing between the two tribal champions, Coco rapidly shooting rocks at Pyrrha, only for her to block them with her spear.

Charging forth, jabbing at her with the spear, but Coco deftly dodging, then grabbing the spear, lifting the spear and Pyrrha up into the air with one arm, then pulling her down.

Punching in the face with a cry that could easily be translated to, ‘This one’s not metal, bitch!’

Finally, Coco walked over to Jaune, the man dancing as fast his leg could go, still rain-dancing.

The tiger jumped out of the hut to attack Coco, only to be backhanded with no second thought.

Coco loomed before Jaune, reaching out to grab the blonde.

When Jaune finished his rain-dance, panting and out of air, falling to his knees.

Coco laughed.

Then the sky split open, rain coming down in sheet, thunder rolled violently, and a spear of lightning came down.

Hitting Coco head-first.

And again.

And again.

And again.

Coco proceeded to break the world-record for most consecutive lightning strikes in one minute.

Weiss looked out at the battlefield shocked. “What just happened?” Ruby swearing as she paid Yang twenty lien.

Blake nodded her head. “Divine providence, Jaune honored the gods and they favored him, pretty simple really.”

Ruby looked at Blake. “They cheated! Coco was totally going to win! No one said they were a part of this!”

Blake shrugged, then gestured to the sky. “Take it up with them, if you have a problem with it.”

Ruby pulls out Crescent Rose. “I will then!” She pointed the rifle at the sky. “Fight me,” The sky remained raining. “Unless, you’re a bitch!” The sky rumbled dramatically.

A angelic sniper-rifle peered out of the clouds, angelic laser-sight aimed at Ruby, who had a brief moment to express regret, before a arrow of light struck her head, knocking her out.

Yang cradled Ruby’s unconscious body. “I will avenge you, Ruby!” The dot realign on Yang’s head.

Yang slowly put her hands in the air. “On second though, revenge is over-rated, and she had it coming.”

“Traitor,” Ruby coughed.

Yang dropped Ruby. “You brought this upon yourself.”

“Look!” Blake said excitedly. “They’re integrating the losers into they’re tribe! How fascinating!”

Down below, Pyrrha was gleefully jabbing a annoyed Coco with her spear, as she was forced to make arrow heads and slings, as though that would get her to work faster.

Nora was riding on Yatsu’s shoulder a crude plough attach to his waist, using him as a beast of burden to overturn the courtyard’s soil, Team’s Cardinal planting seeds in his wake.

Ren was strictly monitoring team NDGO on how to sew, cook, and clean. Smacking they’re hands with a branch when they messed up, and glaring at them if they got disobedient.

Fox was assisting Velvet at the pottery wheel.

And Jaune? Jaune had fallen unconscious after dancing for twelve hours, stealthily being whisked away by Messengers of the Gods to be taken to the heavens.

Weiss looked to Blake, horror and confusion in her face. “What’s your stance on in intervention on Divine Intervention?”

Blake wiped away a tear. “May the dead rest in peace.”

Ruby leered with Yang as they watch him being pulled into the heavens. “I can see up his furs.”

“Nice~,” Yang nodded.

Weiss sighed, and walked away, absolutely done with this madness.

It was time to take a nap, walking to her dorm.

Scanning her scroll, when a look of horror overtook her.

‘Error, unable to unlock,’

[leorawright]

Tf2 Masterlist 5

Mercs with autistic s/o who's harassed for being autistic

Mercs with sassy s/o

Mercs first impressions and when they realized they were in love

Mercs s/o has strength gauntlets

Mercs with s/o who's like Shane from Buzzfeed

Mercs help their friend decide wether to get a piercing or not

Mercs with s/o who fights like Ruby from rwby

Mercs figuring out their crush knows their language

Mercs with neko s/o

Mercs with s/o who's sensitive to sound

Scout with s/o who's Polish and works with Medic

Mercs with friend who looks androgynous

Medic Soulmate AU 2

Mercs with friend who doesn't know how to give affection

Mercs with teen who's introverted when they meet

Self aware tf2 headcannons

Mercs with cat like s/o

Mercs seeing their s/o hide their stims so they won't be judged

Mercs s/o has strength gauntlets 2

Mercs with time traveler s/o

Mercs with friend who's sarcastic to people they're close to

Mercs with s/o who has trust issues

Mercs with friend who was a Chornobly Liquidator

Mercs getting a crush on someone on the opposite team

Mercs with a friend who's a tenth class called 'murder'

Mercs with Phoenix hybrid s/o

Self aware tf2 with s/o who mains their class

Mercs with redhead s/o

Mercs as parents

Mercs reaction to s/o catching a bullet in their teeth

Mercs seeing their s/o dance around the battlefield and dodge every bullet

Mercs with s/o who cleans as a tramua response

Mercs with s/o who calisthenics

Mercs with s/o who has a dust allergy

Scout with s/o who's from a rich family

Mercs with s/o who's a metal fan

Mercs with s/o who's like power from chainsaw man

Mercs reaction to a polish, nurse, s/o joining

Mercs with s/o who's like Medic from the classic team

Mercs with s/o who never gets flustered

Comforting Scout with he learns Spy is his dad

Medic with s/o who can turn into a dove

Mercs with s/o who tucks into their side when they're scared

Mercs reaction to the new recruit having the same name as them

Mercs finding out their secret admirer is their crush

Scouts s/o suggests he wear skate clothes

Mercs with gender fluid coworker

Mercs seeing their s/o without their mask for the first time

Mercw finding a demon (a.k.a s/o)

Mercs with s/o who's parents don't care about their mental health

Mercs finding out Medic has a sibling

Mercs with s/o who has a sugar allergy

Mercs with s/o who specializes in extracting information

Mercs with s/o who can summon plants part 2

Mercs with shapshifter s/o

Mercs with s/o who planned a movie night

Mercs so being ashamed of their skin color

Mercs with s/o who owns a lot of birds

Mercs with cyberpunk s/o

Mercs crush walking in on them practicing confessing

Mercs find out Scout has a sibling

Mercs with s/o who nuzzles

Mercs with s/o who is like Ruv from fnf

Medic with biochemist s/o

Mercs with blind s/o

Mercs realizing their girlfriend has been lying to them about you

Mercs reaction to their friend showing up covered in blood

Mercs with so who's been to prison but never tells exactly why

Mercs and Mistletoe

Mercs s/o flinches during a fight

Mercs with plant summoning so part 3 because I can't read

Mercs seeing their s/o throw a tank

Mercs with s/o who's literally faceless

Mercs with s/o who's like Mettaton

Mercs figuring out that Blu Pyro is Red Pyro's sibling

Mercs seeing their s/o in formal attire

Mercs with s/o who's invisible

Heavy becoming an older brother figure

Mercs reaction to seeing an angel

Mercs with s/o who knows how to pick locks

Mercs with imposter s/o

Mercs with comedian friend

Mercs with s/o who uses blades of chaos to fight

Mercs with s/o who likes Astronomy

Mercs with s/o who can turn into a 30ft dragon

Mercs with s/o who's a cyberpsycho

Mercs with s/o who eats non edible things

Mercs s/o declaring them married after they put a paper ring on the mercs hand

Mercs with friend who wears Lolita fashion

Scouts younger chaotic sibling

Mercs with s/o who plays guitar

Mercs with s/o who can throw their voice and mimic people

Mercs finding out their terrifying s/o does ballet

Mercs being rejected

Mercs with s/o who's like Gorden Ramsey

Mercs with s/o who searches for missing people

Mercs with chef s/o

Soldier seeing his kid almost die in battle

Medic with s/o who's like Dr. House

Christmas with the mercs

[lipeg]

Vacuan 1: You're the girl who sent the message! The one who brought the world together!

RWBY Volume 9: Beyond Episode 4 Boba

Atlas most technologically advanced kingdom.

Statue: Destroyed

Lost Items: Relic of creation and knowledge

Those responsible are still on the loose.

Vale

Statue: Destroyed [ Off screen ]

Winter and Marrow Amin look at graffiti on a wall, stating "ATLAS GET OUT" and "LONG LIVE THE CROWN". Winter hears an airship in the distance, and flies off to investigate. As she lands, she is greeted by Peter Port, who takes a step back.

Port: (chuckles) The Winter Maiden, Miss Schnee. (takes a step forward and bows)

Winter: What's happened?

Port: (sighs) When Salem left Atlas, she came for Vale, and now there's nothing left.

Port looks behind him to Bartholomew Oobleck, who is looking down.

Winter: Where's Glynda?

Port: Gone. Trying to find help. We led the civilian retreat, brought as many people with us as we could, and uh, this, this is the only place we could think to go.

Possible missing item: Relic of choice

Mistral

Far west location of Remnant

Status: Weakened

Due to the betrayal of HEADMASTER Leonardo Lionheart, Haven Academy was closed and ALL of its students were transferred to Vacuo.

Before the start of the series, Ozpin invited Lionheart into his group, involving him in his shadow war against Salem and her faction. However, at some point he betrayed Ozpin and sided with Salem for about two years following the events of RWBY: The Grimm Campaign, working for her as a spy to save himself out of fear. While he wasn't present in Vale during the time of the 40th Vytal Festival, he helped forge documents for Cinder's Faction to infiltrate Beacon Academy without raising suspicion and inadvertently helped cause the Fall of Beacon.

Lionheart had given Salem the locations of Huntsmen and Huntresses dispatched throughout Mistral, in which they'd be slaughtered by Tyrian Callows and Hazel Rainart.

The relic from the kingdom was taken.

Vacuo

Status: Crisis

RWBY Volume 9: Beyond Episode 2 A Knight's Journal

The kingdom received refugees from two kingdoms, most from Atlas and the few remaining in Vale.

The relic of destruction remains awaited under seven keys, the maiden remains hidden.

Dangerous prisoners were freed and joined Salem.

Jax Astúrias, semblance Mind Control.

Gillian Asturias, semblance Aura Siphon.

Gillian's Semblance, Aura Siphon, allows her to transfer Aura between different people, much like Jaune Arc. However, she is also able to drain Aura from others to recover her own, as well as storing it for herself.

Vacuan 1: You're the girl who sent the message! The one who brought the world together!

The world is more divided and weaker than ever before.

I had a theory that current Rwby fans don't care about history and this is the result.

They left Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross as writers and directors it was a mistake. Just Kerry Shawcross stayed to write and direct RWBY Beyond.

Indirectly and directly, team RWBY was responsible for the annihilation of their own world.

My honest reaction it would be the same as the joker laughing until he fell to the ground.

I just want to see people cursing me

[gainprincess]

🔗 Prison AU, where the two girls serve out the crime of being way too skinny. Guess what their rehabilitation entails? You can choose the muses-

This 'crime' is so absurd that it defies explanation (or logic at all, really). Neo's been put away for so many other things, with less security despite those crimes being more serious than just being a normal, svelte 120 lbs.

And having to be locked up with a member of Team RWBY? And the cat, at that? This is going to be the worst 180 days of 'rehab' she's ever been to.

She just hopes Blake won't slow her down. She has way more important things to do than eat herself flabby with a big-titty kitty like Ms. Belladonna.

[howlingday]

Sorry for asking again I accidentally sent the wrong video here the right one.

WHEN KAYUGA MET SHIROGANE'S DAD by ANIME SOCIETY

[Sillier Version]

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Jaune: Dad? What are you doing here?

Dio: Is it really so odd for a father to come and support his son.

Jaune: Well, no, but-

Dio: And if I can get some decent shots of my future slaves, then all the more reason for me to-

Jaune: LISTEN HERE, YOU SONUVA-

Pucci: Actually, I asked him to take pictures of the other students so we know who to best ask for job applications.

Jaune: O-Oh... Um, yeah, sorry about that. (Walks away)

Pucci: I have to say, your son is very well-mannered.

Dio: Hardly. He's still such a child. For example, he's only just now hitting puberty with just a few hairs under his-

Jaune: (Runs back over, Superman punches)

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Weiss: (From a far away) Do your best, Jaune~!

Dio: So, he actually has a supporting cast, does he?

Weiss: Huh?

Dio: He's probably breaking a sweat like rock-breaker in prison to not let anyone know how incompetent he truly is.

Weiss: ...Excuse me, but I can't let that comment slide. As vice-leader of Team JNPR's sister team, Team RWBY, I, Weiss Schnee will not allow such disparaging comments about Jaune Arc.

Dio: Oho? And do tell me what you know about Jaune Arc.

Weiss: He was chosen to be the leader of Team JNPR!

Dio: Only out of a few candidates, right?

Weiss: His hair is luscious gold.

Dio: Only as a result of his genetic background, right?

Weiss: He has the greatest tactical mind of his classmates!

Dio: That's all he has going for him, is it?

Weiss: JAUNE ARC IS A WONDERFUL MAN! WHY CAN'T YOU SEE THAT?!

Dio: Hah... You have some interesting reactions.

Weiss: When I first came to Beacon, I thought I was the only one worthy of the title of leader. When he was made team leader of his team, and I wasn't of my own, I thought there was a mistake. But I see now that his kind heart paired with his brilliant mind put him where he is today. If I could, I'd like to meet his parents and thank them for how they raised him.

Dio: Oh? So if you were given the choice between loving or hating him with all your heart, which would you choose? Can you imagine sharing a loving kiss at an all-white altar? Well, do you?

Weiss: THAT LINE OF QUESTIONING IS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE! Besides, why am I even talking about these kind of things with a complete stranger?! Who even are you?!

Dio: I'm naturally curious, much like cat who's found an unusual mouse.

Jaune: You're still up here? Wait, Weiss?

Dio: Excuse me. I must have appeared so rude to you. Greetings, I'm Dio Brando, Jaune Arc's father.

Weiss: ...What a terribly curious father you have, Jaune.

Jaune: Huh? WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER, YOU BASTARD?!

[rainbow-multishipper]

88 Days/Silver Compass headcanon on how Sun helps with Mercury's redemption?

RWBY Ship Headcannons #72: 88 Days, Redemption Edition!

In the days after Salem's defeat, people are lost on both sides - the villains mostly, Mercury being one of them. Merc gets knocked out and his legs short-circuit, so he's stranded and abandoned by his own side out in the desert.

Scout teams (composed of CVFY, SSSNN, JNPR and NDGO) go out regularly looking for stragglers for weeks after the battle, and it's on SSSNN's outreach that Merc is found! Specifically by Neptune and Sun. Neptune is not keen on helping him out too much - just escort back to Vacuo, minimal medical help, then prison - but Sun's more willing. He offers to carry Merc back to the city himself.

While in the set-up medbays, Merc complains about needing extra food. It's no lie; he's hungry as hell, especially after almost eating sand before the guys found him. He considers stealing some himself but the leg situation makes that complicated. But, next time he wakes up, there's a couple more plates of servings for him at his bedside, with a little note from Sun saying he overheard and pulled a string or two.

They start talking while Coco and a couple of other mechanics start on Merc's legs. Mostly for distraction, also for company.

Sun is massively sympathetic learning about Merc's semblance getting stolen and what he did to his father. He tries to cheer him up with jokes and party tricks. The only one that gets a laugh out of Merc is one where Sun somehow manages to replace a banana with a note without disturbing the peel.

After that, it's much easier going. Merc loosens up a little. He lets himself laugh more, only a little, and he opens up about his likes. Of which he has few, but Sun can elaborate! He's great at that! Just ask his teammates!

The linchpin is when Merc is finally able to walk around a bit. For exactly ten minutes, Sun gets to give Merc a tour of the rest of the recovery camp. It's late and cool so his legs don't overheat. Mercury thanks him for helping him get around and keeping him company. Sun smiles, full teeth and all sunshine, and tells him he's a good guy. And something about the way he says it...yeah. Mercury can believe that.

Once he's all fixed up, Merc expects to be sent off to prison for...y'know, war crimes. Imagine his surprise when a bashful Sun Wukong hooks an arm around his neck and says he's taking on his rehabilitation case himself.

(Emerald also put in a good word. They're still besties, after everything.)

Thanks for the suggestion! Remember ask box is OPEN for Ship Summaries, Headcannon Requests and Ship Trials!

[iamafanofcartoons]

Defending Team RWBY’s decisions during Volume 8, while also defending CRWBY’s V8 Writing.

Let me put this basically as I can.

This was something that apparently was discussed... in a WR Chat.

Then we get to this https://www.reddit.com/r/RWBY/comments/w7qeag/what_are_some_common_comments_that_make_you_go/ From R/RWBY.

As you might expect? Dextixer the “Grand Corruptor of R/RWBY” (that’s literally his label/tag in the subreddit, the admins/mods still allow him to post hate and harass members, don’t ask me why) Started up the typical “Robyn hill is a terrorist, team rwby are war criminals, Ironwood was ruined”

Anyway, so many people started screaming at CRWBY for “bad writing” based on Ironwood’s military formation against Salem’s grimm invasion.

Did people seriously forget that Glynda and Qrow called out Ironwood for not having strategies, and basically only having “military bravado? Ironwood liked to act like he was the smartest guy in the room, and removed anyone criticizing or disobeying/disagreeing with him.

This is why so many people love him like they do Adam...they project themselves onto him while hating on four idealistic hopepunk women.

But honestly, lets just consider that MAYBE CRWBY knew what they were doing to a respectable point, and that James Ironwood defenders deliberately overlook so many things, exaggerate others etc.

And for god’s sakes, can we stop calling Robyn Hill a terrorist or “Somebody that should have been one of Salem’s Moles”

“Team rwby had no reason to see Ironwood as a villain”

I think they had a reason to see him as a villain since he straight up admitted he's leaving thousands for dead, which is exactly what RWBY was trying to prevent. But James certainly was a victim of his crumbling mental state

He was sacrificing millions to save far fewer. It was not a "needs of the many" situation. He intended to abandon all of Remnant, not to mention that Mantle's population is probably a fair bit bigger than Atlas's. It was a move of desperation.

Seriously, idk where people get this 'pragmatism' stuff from. Ironwood gave up. He was admitting defeat. People actually want a future where the entirety of humanity is just like, 500,000 rich elitists on a floating rock, waiting for Salem to inevitably figure out how to reach them?

If Atlas ran off to the upper atmosphere, everyone in Atlas would eventually die due to lack of supplies. Meanwhile Salem would just move on to the other kingdoms are start burning them down. And who's to say she couldn't just concoct a grimm capable of flying that high and then destroying Atlas herself

Ruby still wanted to help Mantle, but they agreed on splitting the group up so they could also get Amity up...RUBY was seeing the big picture...Ironwood just saw the forest for the trees.

“Look, a fleet to evacuate everyone! It would be a shame if something happened to it...”...Here was the SDC ships trying to evacuate people...Ironwood abandoned them because he felt he could no longer control the people he was oppressing as far back in v7. But then he realized that Team RWBY wasn’t simply disobeying him...they cared about Mantle...Hence why he did his “hands together sit in chair” pose...so he decided that the best way to force everyone to obey him is by forcing mantle to choose between him blowing them up or obeying salem.

As for Sleet? Kill one, warn a thousand. He cowed Carmila  and all Atlesian military into obedience by showing that he had no problems carrying out his threat to qrow from v3.

“Ironwood is  a tragic figure, CRWBY made him unsympathetic, unlike Cinder Fall and the writers' attempt”

What are y’all talking about? Cinder’s a tragic figure, but that doesn’t make her a sympathetic one. Ironwood was set up this way since the minute he was introduced. Cinder is more sympathetic than adam...she at least is honest about her goals, while Adam dresses himself up as an edgelord savior....Who just wants to kill humans.

“Rwby was drinking tea instead of helping ironwood”

The Mansion: You realize they were being hunted by both Salem and Ironwood right? Qrow was in prison, Harriet threatened to arrest Ruby simply for talking back? They had arrest orders on them? Ironwood shot oscar for calling James out on being a coward and hypocrite? So why help Ironwood if he’s going to either shoot you for not obeying him...or shoot you in the back while you’re trying to help him? Ironwood is his own worst enemy...he regularly sabotages himself, something that Watts with his hacking, Cinder with her manipulation of the chess piece, and Salem with her reputation of being a force of nature (by controllling the grimm and not getting directly involved and being immortal and unkillable, she comes off as unstoppable to ozpin’s allies, hence why lionhart betrayed them. They needed a safe place to avoid getting ruined while hoping for help to come from Amity’s message.

Ruby and co didn't have an issue with Ironwood flying Atlas away, their issue was him leaving people to die in Mantle, it was Ironwood's refusal to evacuate the rest that forced RWBY to use the staff to get everyone to a safe location. Ironwood was literally abusing Mantle throughout v7, which was why Robyn Hill ran for office in the first place! To get Ironwood to treat the non-rich elitists of Atlas like people.

If atlas left mantle would have been consumed by the grim with no hope for evacuation.   Ironwood was condemning all of those people to die.

Team RWBY did have a plan, btw. Ask for help.  The first plan in season 8 involved her using amity arena to ask the other kingdoms for help. Granted, it did not work...but how would Ironwood have done it? Talk about Glory of Atlas? Demand the kingdoms respect his authority? Team RWBY improved on his plan by providing people as resources, explaining the danger, and explaining how to keep an unstoppable force at bay. All things that Ironwood failed at. Despite Vexed Viewer angrily claiming that Yang and Ruby’s v8 reconciliation should not have existed, it did point out that Yang and Ruby were willing to take risks, while Ironwood would always force others to take risks for him. Given VV is a HUGE misogynist, I’m not surprised he would hate these scenes.

Ironwood tried stopping them at every single turn. They had a second plan, use the schnee company to evacuate mantle so ironwood’s army could focus on the Grimm. Ironwood instead diverted his army to destroy the schnee fleet. The third plan involved trying to save all of mantle and atlas, and ironwood tried stopping them instead of helping with the evacuation.

Ironwood is at fault for not trying to understand a plan other than his own when there was little reason to do so. He’s the one who threatened to nuke a civilian populace rather than try and save them. He sees himself as the smartest person in the room...when often he's called out on his bad ideas by Qrow, Ozpin, Glynda, Nora.

And as ironwood said, at any point they could have turned Penny in.

Also, let’s discuss how bad Ironwoood's plan was. Firstly, while there is a ‘current’ upper limit on Grimm mobility, Salem is a bloody witch, who unlike Ozpin, regularly uses her magic. There is no guarantee she can’t reach them. Secondly, Even if she couldn’t, it’s effectively become a siege where ironwood wouldn’t be able to get resources because Salem would fill the sky’s below atlas with flying Grimm, which can and do pose significant threats to air ships. Thirdly, this leaves Salem to pursue vacuo basically unopposed most likely being able to claim the SWORD OF DESTRUCTION which would likely be pretty useful in besieging the castle. She also would have the lamp in this scenario, which still has a question left she can use to try and attack atlas.

Ironwoods plan is doomed to failure, so I don’t really consider it an escape route. Even if it was, the plan could have been enacted at any point by team RWBY if they felt it necessary. As the proved by being the ones to use the staff. And having creativity, which Ironwood lacked.

“Team RWBY had no plan”.. Actually? They did have a plan, ironwoods original plan. Call for help and fight to evacuate mantel. But instead ironwood chose to abandon mantle and actively fought against any attempt to save them. The entire time he was waiting he could have tried to save as many people in mantle as he could. He could have let the schnee fleet so it’s thing. He could have done something, anything, to compromise with Ruby to get the maiden back. But instead he further antagonized them and refused to cooperate. Because Ironwood is all about proving himself right above all else. Hence why he ratted out Oz to the council in v2. And hid Penny's identity in v3. Both of which backfired. Ironwood apologists went HARD on defending both.

Also, they were drinking tea because Nora then Penny were injured and they needed to take time for them to recover. Did people forget that Ironwood was literally trying to arrest/kill them, Harriet threatened Qrow in front of RWBY, and that two of their friends were injured and they were taking care of them?

Demand that the people you tried to arrest/kill help you out? When you'll just try to backstab them later? How do Ironwood apologists seriously think people should help him while he's trying to kill them?

Rwby  did not destroy their credibility, nor did they cause mass death? How would they have? Trying to cooperate with Robyn to stop the theft of amity supplies? The reason they had to do that was because ironwood was convinced anyone moving against him could only be Salem’s agents, treating the person advocating for restoring mantles defenses like the enemy.

In fact?

Multiple members of R/RWBYCritics, Twiins Iink and Judgmental Critter fans actively claim they wanted Robyn to be a Salem Mole.

These people aren't just Ironwood fanatics, they actively embrace his mindset.

Ironwood already destroyed his credibility and was acting completely unreasonable before salem came through, so I don’t blame rwby for trying to act as a mediator with an obvious ally. And ironwood was perfectly happy to accept Robyn’s help until he learned that cinder had made it into atlas, at which point he made a massive jump in logic and assumed Robyn and rwby had something to do with it. ...at which point he ordered their arrests.

And at which point CLOVER prioritized arresting Qrow over tackling Tyrian.

Robyn was just trying to defend her people, which Ironwood had no interest in...and then Clover threatened to arrest her for standing up for Qrow. Police Brutality much.

Ironwood choose to lift Atlas early because of Salem, and he then dismissed RWBYs points about how he's leaving Mantle to die, and after snapping he shot down SDC planes trying to evacuate people. He wasn't allowing RWBY to help Mantle

Ruby said no because that would leave thousands for dead, Ruby just wanted Ironwood to help those that still needed evacuating but he refused

James is responsible for putting her in the position where it was her only choice

He started and participated in the chain reaction, that’s what is meant by causation

There were literally Grimm all over Mantle by the end of V7  Salem was going to kill everyone. She tried turning everyone against ironwood.

There were way more there than there usually are during attacks, and Grimm are naturally going to kill people they see, like the Manatalese that Ironwood left with no military personnel to protect

You goes know of the Train Track Analogy? Liets make it into a boat analogy, like this.

I think the boat analogy should go like this

Mantle is sinking and Atlas is sending lifeboats to help the survivors, but the captain decides to stop helping the people because a big wave is coming in 5 minutes, some of the crew tell the captain they should still help the survivors but the captain decides against it, the crew go against the captain's orders and still help survivors to which the captain orders their arrest.

When the crew successfully gets some passengers on lifeboats, the captain orders the boat to be sunk to prevent the crew from further helping them. The crew's only option left is to get everyone on a third ship, Vacuo, that isn't as good as Atlas but, it can still hold both sets of passengers, but that can only happen if they sink Atlas

Ruby kept trying to stop Ironwood from lifting Atlas into the atmosphere... Because they left mantle. If they didn't leave mantle to die then Ruby would've been fine with lifting the city. She wanted to evacuate everyone into atlas and THEN it could safely go into the sky or whatever. If ironwood had just continued the evacuation, none of this would've happened.

If ironwood had also not stopped the evacuation, then it would've happened because Ruby would never have tried to stop him. The only reason she stopped him was because he refused to even try to save what was left of mantle, if he had continued saving them then they probably would've got everyone on in time - especially if they commandeered the SDC ships - but nooo Ironwood was so obsessed with his little trolley problem that he didn't realise that there was a way to save BOTH atlas and mantle.

I really doubt Salem would just be like "Oh, ok, guess i lost" and depart Atlas the second it started gaining altitude. She is more than capable of knocking Atlas out of the air. So no, either way, it wouldn't be "High in the atmosphere".

And Salem's goal being the relics, one of which they’re trying to float away with? Also, besides the fact that the whale isn’t Salem, whales don’t have any aerodynamic properties for icing to affect. The bigger issue is atmosphere being potentially thin enough for breathing to be an issue. Which shouldn’t be a problem for the Grimm, considering they don’t seem to even have organs, let alone a need for oxygen. And Salem is immortal, the second she’s on Atlas it wont matter.

Anyway, thank you for coming to my rant, I really needed to get all of this off my chest.